To a certain sort of half-wit, obscenities are testosterone turned into the spoken word.

Politicians, quite rightly, are not surrounded by mystique. Doctors, quite wrongly, too often are.

Until Roy Hattersley said he would shoot himself if I became prime minister, I had not been able to see any possible advantage in standing.

Long words, fat talk - they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?

...as you'll know, the word 'fuck' sort of is used quite a lot in my house. Now, that's not to say, I think to say 'fuck this' or 'fuck you' a lot more, so it …

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